The 61st EOQ Quality Congress will be held on October 11-12, 2017 in Bled, Slovenia, having as motto "Success in the Digital Era - Quality as a Key Driver". The Congress is organized with the valuable support of the EOQ National Representative organization from Slovenia, the Slovenian Quality and Excellence Association (SZKO). For more details, see the invitation of SZKO President.

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Paris will host the 62nd EOQ Quality Congress 2018 second half of June. The French Quality Association, France Qualité (AFQP), will organize this Congress in synergy with its partners.

EOQ achieved milestone in Europe-wide recognition of quality

In January 2017 the EOQ was acknowledged by the European Accreditation (EA) for its quality management personnel program (EOQ Competence Specification/Certification Scheme 9000). This allows the accredited certification of quality personnel throughout Europe. Details in EOQ Press Release

SFK/Sweden(EOQ NR organization)March 15. Quality Day of the Spring at the Linköping University.April 27. General Assembly of SFK Sweden. Jönköping at Qvalify AB.November 16. World Quality Day at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg

EOQ launches the European Quality Leader (EQL) 2016 contest. Candidates for the yearly European Quality Leader award may be proposed by EOQ National Representative organizations.The European Quality Leader is awarded by the EOQ to the best applicant to the yearly contest, by taking into account the defined EOQ-EQL criteria. Granting the EOQ QL Award is a strategic decision of the EOQ to promote top performances of people acting in the quality field in its broadest sense.

The EOQ European Quality Leader 2016 will be awarded during the 61st EOQ Quality Congress of Bled/Slovenia, October 11 - 12, 2017.

MoU signed in Helsinki/01.06.2016 by ITC partners with World Alliance for Quality members to create Global Platform for Quality to assist SMEs - Joint initiative to promote the development of effective quality management and assurance systems. See Press Release

At the EOQ General Assembly meeting of Leuven/Belgium, 06.12.2014, Benedikt Sommerhoff from DGQ/Germany made an interesting presentation - "The future of our core profession - The transformation of the Quality Manager". For details please contact eoq@eoq-org.euWatch interview with Benedikt Sommerhoff.

Signing the IPC MLA with EOQ by the IPC Chairman Giancarlo Colferai

ISO Focus available free online - From now on, the electronic edition of ISO’s magazine ISO Focus+ is available for consultation and downloading free of charge from the ISO Website http://www.iso.org/isofocus+.

European Quality Week 2016 Events

The European Quality Week, organized annually by EOQ, will be celebrated this year in the period of November 7 - 13, 2016 under the slogan "Quality for Results". The EOQ National Representative Organizations are celebrating in their own countries by various conferences and events, e.g. (see details):

National Quality Mark Labels – Recognized by EOQ

Slovenia

SQ (Slovenian Quality) Mark is granted by the Slovenian Association for Quality and Excellence (SZKO) to companies registered in Slovenia with good business results, high quality products and/or services which have been produced in Slovenia. At least 50% of knowledge, materials, parts, and work involved have to be of Slovenian origin. By this, SZKO strives for the promotion of good Slovenian companies and Slovenia as a country. More...